David Alan Marcis was born on March 1,1941 and is an American former professional stock car racing driver on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit whose career spanned five decades.
21 Facts About Dave Marcis
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Dave Marcis won five times over this tenure, twice at Richmond, including his final win in 1982, and collected 94 top-fives and 222 top-tens.
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Dave Marcis competed in the Daytona 500 every year from 1968 until 1999.
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The 2002 Daytona 500 was the last time Dave Marcis raced in NASCAR.
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Dave Marcis' career is notable in the history of the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.
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Dave Marcis retired in second place on the all-time starts list with 883 behind Richard Petty.
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Dave Marcis finished eight times in the top-10 season drivers' points.
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Dave Marcis was replaced by future seven-time champion Dale Earnhardt, who began his rookie campaign the following year.
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Dave Marcis experienced moderate success as an owner driver during the 1980s.
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Dave Marcis was a lap down, but made up the lap when the race leader Joe Ruttman spun out and Dave Marcis passed him.
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All three drivers that were ahead of Dave Marcis pitted and he assumed the lead as it began to rain.
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The race was called complete as darkness set in, and Dave Marcis was declared the winner.
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Dave Marcis was occasionally known to moonlight for other car owners such as Larry Hedrick.
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Dave Marcis' car was destroyed and they did not have a backup, so they made a partnership to run JD McDuffie's Pontiac when McDuffie failed to qualify.
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Since Dave Marcis was injured he was replaced in the first laps of the race by McDuffie as a relief driver but since Dave Marcis started the race he was credited with the 20th-place finish.
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Dave Marcis returned to his car, who he had hired Jim Sauter to run.
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Dave Marcis had a horrific accident at Pocono in June 1999 when, after getting loose in turn two on the 91st lap, he overcorrected it to the right and slammed the wall head-on at a high speed, sending his car airborne and completely destroying it.
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Dave Marcis was frequently the test driver for the Richard Childress GM Goodwrench No 3 of his friend Dale Earnhardt during the prime of his career.
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Dave Marcis finished his career at the 2002 Daytona 500, setting a record for most Daytona 500s run with 33.
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Dave Marcis started 16th in the 1994 Brickyard 400, but a crash during the race relegated him to a 41st-place finish.
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Dave Marcis was a test driver for the IROC and the Nextel Cup series after his retirement from racing competition in early 2002.